290 Miss M. D. Haviland on some [Ibis, 



Sylvia communis. Whitethroat. Breeds abundantly in 

 the valleys. 



Phoenicurus phcenicunis. Redstart. Three birds, evidently 

 on passage, seen late in September. 



(Enanthe CBnanthe. Wheatear. Not infrequent on the 

 steppe round the ruins of huts and earthworks. Two or 

 three pairs nested in some empty Russian trenches by our 

 camp. 



Saxicola rubetra. Whinchat. Two birds of the year 

 recorded on Sept. 16, but there was no evidence that it 

 breeds. 



Muscicapa grisola. Spotted Flycatcher. Half a dozen 

 appeared on Sept. 12 and remained for a day. I had not 

 previously noticed this species ; but it possibly breeds in 

 the wooded valleys. 



Hirundo rustica. Swallow. Fairly common. 



Delichon urbica. Martin. Abundant in the villages. 



Riparia riparia. Sand-Martin. Breeds in swarms in the 

 banks round the Danube. On August 11, when motoring 

 along the causeway road to Galatz, I found the telegraph- 

 wires crusted with literally thousands of Hirundines, but 

 the present species outnumbered the rest by a hundred 

 to one. The rushing of their wings, and their cries as they 

 took flight, was so bewildering in the narrow road, that I had 

 to slow the car down. 



Micropus apus. Swift. Occasional. 



Caprimulgus europseus. Nightjar. Once observed in 

 August at dusk. 



Merops apiaster. Bee-eater. Common until the third 

 week in August, when they somewhat suddenly disappeared. 



